This TV show is based on the book, Honouring the Buffalo. This is the story of how the Buffalo gifted themselves so freely through the Creator to the Plains Cree people to help them survive. In it, readers discover how every part of the buffalo was used to provide shelter, food, clothing, tools, hunting, spiritual ceremonies and many other necessities.

The following educational material and the Fun Resources are suitable for a variety of ages and grade ranges based on this book.

First Information about the book:

“A long time ago Our People came from the Northern Woodlands to the Great Plains looking for food,” Grandfather said. “They saw that the Buffalo* lived in harmony with Mother Earth the same as Our People did.”

Through the Creator, Buffalo gave themselves as a gift for the sustenance and survival of the Plains Cree people. This largest land animal in North America once thundered across the Great Plains in numbers of 30 to 50 million. They provided shelter, food, clothing, tools, hunting gear, ceremonial objects, and many other necessities for those who lived on the Plains.

But by 1889, just over a thousand buffalo remained, and the lives of the Plains Cree people changed. Buffalo is honoured to this day, a reminder of life in harmony that was once lived.

This is the story of how Buffalo came to share themselves so freely.

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Buffalo/Bison* Although the proper scientific name for this animal is Bison, the term Buffalo has been used in this book as this is the common name familiar to more Indigenous Peoples of the North American Plains.

Teacher Resource Guides

Classroom resource guides with activities:
HTB Resource Guide-final(PDF)
French Language Resource Guide: Hommage-au-bison-guidepedagogique
Additional Education Material & Activities

Audio Recordings of the book read in English, Cree, French and German are also available

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